In order to bring the performing arts closer to the audience and help young directors and actors establish more effective dialogues, the 14th Beijing International Film Festival held the "Film Performing Arts Open Class" for the first time, inviting acting teachers from the Central Academy of Drama Liu Tianchi and Director Liu Jiangjiang and actor Huang Yao shared their professional experiences with the audience and deconstructed the core and true meaning of performing arts.
interpret fictional stories with a true attitude
Movies are fictional art, an art form that originates from life but is higher than life. Interpreting fictional stories with a true attitude was the recipe chosen by several guests.
director Liu Jiangjiang shared his experience in helping young actor Yang En shape the character in the movie " Life Events ": "We spent about 20 days without letting her read the script, just to get her used to using dialect. Then we took She plays mahjong and dances squarely, which makes her more in line with the character in the play. In fact, we didn't tell her about the script or what kind of role she was before filming started. We just made her look more like a character. A child raised by his grandma."
Talking about how to persuade actor Zhu Yilong to star in "Life Events", Liu Jiangjiang said that all he could do was revise the script over and over again, "I think it was our script that impressed him." There was a spark between the fresh pairing of Yang Enyou and Liu Jiangjiang. Liu Jiangjiang said that Zhu Yilong deliberately created a gap in order to help him get into the drama and stir up emotions, which inspired Yang Enyou to reveal his true feelings.
Actor Huang Yao also impressed director Zhang Lu with his "real attitude", and thus got the opportunity to star in "The Light of the White Tower ". When auditioning for "The Light of the White Tower", there was no formal audition or other conventional procedures. She met Director Zhang Lu in the most natural way in a cafe and communicated with him in a state that was closest to her reality. In her words: "I know director Zhang Lu's works. His style is very natural and life-like, so I think he also wants to see the most real and natural side of me."
is a deep performer Teacher Liu Tianchi, a senior teacher in the field of art teaching for more than 30 years, also emphasized the importance of "authentic attitude": "Whether it is a young director in the future or our young actors, using the most authentic way may help them gain a foothold in film art." opportunity.”
Directors and actors trust each other and achieve success.
The way directors and actors get along has always been a hot topic in the industry. As a person who interprets roles, an actor must create a character that comes from the director's heart and is a projection of his spiritual world, inevitably bearing the director's own imprint. But at the same time, when actors create characters, they must experience and understand deeply, and pour their own understanding of the characters. When talking about the complicated relationship, the secret Liu Tianchi gave is "trust." "If a director cannot fully trust the actors he chooses, he will not be able to continue the cooperation."
Huang Yao also used his own personal experience to confirm Liu Tianchi's point of view. She said frankly: "Trust is very important to me. Perceiving the director's trust in me is my biggest source of confidence as an actor." When she first entered the industry, the biggest difficulty Huang Yao faced was self-confidence. Her lack of focus also made it difficult for her to concentrate on her performance on set. "I always feel that someone is observing me and judging me, but I know that it is actually me who is judging myself." After constantly feeling the director's trust in her, she gradually gave up this judgment of herself and began to Do your best to play the role and enjoy the process of performing.
For young actors, Liu Tianchi put forward a humorous and straightforward suggestion: "Young actors, please keep your mobile phones away from you as soon as possible on the set. Ask yourself, 'What should I do now?' and leave the right to monitor and evaluate. Director."
Liu Jiangjiang also shared his tips in telling actors: "I will focus on the history of this character, rather than telling the story in general about what this character did before and why he is doing it now. This is all useful information for actors."
Actors must remember the "task"
At the scene, Professor Liu Tianchi also collected two proposition situations from the audience, "Enemies met on a narrow road when applying for a job" and "The gold bracelet was lost", and invited young actors on site to participate in the performance. After the performance, The three guests gave pertinent comments and suggestions to the actors. Liu Tianchi said: "You must remember the 'task'. Only when you absolutely believe that you are going to complete the 'task' can you understand what others said. What am I going to do and what might be changed. The director gave you this ‘mission’, so in this situation, you can only believe in the ‘mission’. "
Liu Jiangjiang believes that the most important thing for a director is to issue clear "tasks" to actors: "First of all, the screenwriter must be completed and the actors must be given more fulcrums. For example, for this play, did you succeed in applying? In fact, the actor has to be given a task. I think more information needs to be given to the actor. "
Liu Tianchi believes that actors need specific information. When this information is given to the actors, they will have a target and must run towards it. "When we arrived at the set, two unfamiliar actors happened to get the same scene. , if this scene starts with a relationship between strangers, then no problem, I don’t need to understand you, because I just need to understand you on the spot. But if you are given a very complicated pre-character relationship, and the two people have issues with each other, I must treat you like a family. No matter when, first determine the relationship between the characters, and then resolve the relationship with the opponent actor. "
Huang Yao also used the guidance directed by director Zhang Lu to her when filming the movie "The Light of the White Tower" as an example to describe the importance of "task": "Director Zhang Lu may suddenly say: 'Huang Yao, you will do it later. An act of taking off the hat and placing it on the table. ’ This is based on the character of the character, and her usual way of doing things will make her suddenly make this action. "
The director should be an expert in firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
As the core role in a movie, the director plays a decisive role in guiding the actors to shape the character image. It is the full cooperation of the director and the actors that achieves the charm of performing arts. . So does a director have to be able to act? Facing questions from the audience, several guests also gave their opinions.
Liu Jiangjiang joked that he could not act, but he also became a director: "I think it is his job to be a director. It's about making a choice, and a good director must make his choice the most important, both in terms of aesthetics and the degree of control. Not all directors are good actors. "
Liu Tianchi agreed with Liu Jiangjiang's point of view: "Around the world, directors are divided into two types: 'those who can't act but know how to act' and 'who know how to act but can also act'. Both the director and the actor are the most important partners in the second creation. In the end, both of them must understand the drama, the people, and the image. Only under this premise can a good working state be established between the director and the actors. The director may not be able to have an accurate way of handling performances, but he must understand the behaviors in normal life and even the emotions in human nature. He had to be very sensitive to be able to communicate with the actors. The director cannot simply be a philosopher, but should be an expert in firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, so that he can have a chemical reaction with the actors. ”
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang
editor/Gong Lifang
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